Do you buy same games across multiple platforms?

[Mr Mort]

I've done this a number of times as well. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes it just sort of happens by coincidence. I can tell you that I have Street Fighter Alpha/Zero 3 on every console & handheld it was ever released for because it's my favorite game of all time. (Yeah, I said it) I also have multiple copies of various other Street Fighter games, Metal Slug games, various fighting games, and some other random things. Prior to the current generation, there were usually enough differences in the console ports that made some games worth checking out on more than one system, but as already discussed here, the current generation of consoles offers little differences aside from the occasional exclusive character.

[Drixxel]

My most common of all double dips are to do with the portable versions of consoles game I enjoy if only out of curiosity to see how well they were downsized. The Game Boy received a number of worthy NES ports, for instance, that stand quite sturdily against their console predecessors. As far as owning games across multiple home consoles, though, that's a bit rarer, unless 1) there's something remarkably different about particular versions that make them worth having (new or rearranged content, a pretty normal reason for multiple copy ownership), or 2) the game is a rarer sight on one particular platform and I happen across that version despite owning it on another.

[Sysop]

I always find it interesting to what differences are within the different versions of a game.

[Sanriostar]

I tend to make a point of this.

I've got many of the home versions of the big name Pre-Crash arcade-to- home ports, and many of the Activision multi-system games. They're not always the same game from system to system.

[The 1 2 P]

Back during the PS1/Saturn/N64 days I rarely did this except for stuff like Castlevania: SOTN since the Saturn version had extra stuff the PS1 version didn't. Way back when I never did this for Genesis and Snes games. And today I have a few games on both 360 and PS3 but I usually get rid of the PS3 version unless it has some extra content that I have to have.

[Edmond Dantes]

This is the second time I've heard someone state a preference for 360 over PS3. Is there usually a difference of some sort that makes the 360 version better?

[Rickstilwell1]

This is the second time I've heard someone state a preference for 360 over PS3. Is there usually a difference of some sort that makes the 360 version better?

Usually just because they like the 360's version of the online service better. I don't play online at all and just care about the controller so I usually stuck with PS3 unless it's an exclusive. Favorite games I still bought on multiple platforms just for replays though. Certain kinds of games are just addicting enough. I grew up playing a lot of PS1 & PS2 so I didn't really care to change controllers and thought it was awesome PS3 used the same one.

[kedawa]

I was under the impression that XBOX360 games were generally better than their PS3 counterparts until recently, and now the PS3 tends to get the better version.

[joshnickerson]

No. Absolutely not. Never.






Dammit.

[o.pwuaioc]

I think I have Galaga the most, PS1, Xbox, Xbox again, and NES.

[Aussie2B]

If we're talking about getting a game for the first time, then I just pick what sounds like the best version or whatever I have access to (with newer games, for example, I'll get a 360 version over PS3 even if the PS3 version does have an advantage simply because I don't have a PS3 yet). In rare cases, I'll forgo a potentially better or cheaper version because I have more affinity for another console, especially in cases where it serves a greater collecting goal. I'd like to have every PC-FX game someday, so I'll opt for a game on that over versions on PS1 and Saturn. Or with N64, I'm collecting every non-sports Japan-exclusive, so again I'll go for the N64 version of, say, Puyo Puyo or Taisen Puzzle-dama rather than the cheaper (and better?) versions on other systems.

But a collector is bound to get multiple versions of games eventually, whether we're talking ports/remakes made years later or just multiplatform releases, so, yeah, I've ended up with plenty.

Oh, and I also have plenty of different regional versions. Some games I've imported first, and then picked up a localized version later. In rare cases, I'll pick up Japanese versions after the US versions, just because of differences or because I love the game so much.

[Rickstilwell1]

I was under the impression that XBOX360 games were generally better than their PS3 counterparts until recently, and now the PS3 tends to get the better version.

The differences are usually only just videophile nitpicking though and won't make a difference to the average gamer. When I see HD I see HD. I can't really tell the difference between 1080P and 720P and I have a TV that's 1080P

[The 1 2 P]

This is the second time I've heard someone state a preference for 360 over PS3. Is there usually a difference of some sort that makes the 360 version better?

Most versions are pretty much the same these days between the 360 and PS3, other than a few cases of exclusive content for one or the other. The main reason I choose 360 versions to play over PS3 versions(besides XBL) is because I had my 360 first and I like the full integration of the achievement and gamer score system. The PS3's version(trophies) doesn't do it for me, as they were more of a tacked-on after thought. I still don't mind getting trophies in games that support them but in the case of third party titles I'd rather get achievements added to my overall gamer score. But as far as which version runs or looks better, it's pretty much a toss up.

[RulerStabInTheEye27]

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[Lerxstnj]

Yes, I do.

Soul Calibur II is a great example. There are different characters for each of the 3 systems it is on.

[Guntz]

When it comes to multi-platform games I'm a bit weird; I usually buy the game for the lesser, more underappreciated platform. If I were into Saturn right now I'd get Tomb Raider and Resident Evil for it instead of the PS1 versions.